{"id":1778,"date":"2020-07-05T23:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T23:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldiatodayusa.com\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2020-07-05T23:56:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T23:56:37","slug":"abracadabra-magic-returns-to-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/abracadabra-magic-returns-to-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"Abracadabra\u2026 Magic returns to Orlando!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Por Georgina Cruz<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>For AL DIA TODAY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This spring, when the great theme parks closed their doors in Orlando, it was as if a talented magician had left the stage that is Florida, but now, with the reopening of Universal Orlando on June 1, SeaWorld Orlando on June 11, Disney World\u2019s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom on July 11 and Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios and Epcot on July 15, magic again overflows in Florida. Cinderella Castle will again be resplendent and evocative of fantasy; people will be embarking on adventures in Pandora in Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom park; in Epcot, visitors will once more be able to go around the world in the park\u2019s international pavilions; and in Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios, park-goers will feel transported to another universe in the attractions of \u201cStar Wars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New measures, including visitors\u2019 temperatures checks, the wearing of face masks, social distancing and reserving the date of the visit have been established in the parks. Temporarily there will not be fireworks displays, character meet-and-greets and parades to avoid gatherings, but there will be plenty of magic to enjoy. I can\u2019t wait to see the dolphins and whales and other marine life at SeaWorld Orlando and the Harry Potter attractions at Universal, and I am already planning my next visit to Walt Disney World for my summer vacation and the best strategies to make the most of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My agenda when Disney World reopens will be similar to what I do during my frequent visits to the parks: I dedicate time first to new attractions (each time I go there are novelties) and I then re-visit the classic attractions that are my all-time favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios:<\/strong> After finding myself in \u201canother world\u201d in the new section of Star Wars that I briefly visited in December and delighting in another glass of \u201cblue milk,\u201d among the other new attractions I have not seen and don\u2019t want to miss is \u201cMickey &amp; Minnie\u2019s Runaway Railway\u201d opened on March 4. It is a family-friendly attraction with the latest in technology and an original song \u201cNothing Can Stop Us Now\u201d. \u201cWe are inviting our guests to enter into a Mickey and Minnie cartoon,\u201d said Charita Carter, a Disney Imagineer. \u201cThere are never ending possibilities\u2026anything can happen!\u201d During the ride adventures include a stampede in the Old West, an escape from an erupting volcano and much more! Among my all-time favorite attractions that I am not going to miss on this visit are the live action shows of Beauty &amp; the Beast and Indiana Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In Epcot:<\/strong> This park is undergoing a transformation with lots of novelties including the debut in January of three films in various attractions. These are \u201cAwesome Planet\u201d in \u201cThe Land\u201d Pavilion with special effects in the theater including wind, odors and w\u00e1ter along with the history of life in our planet and why it is of vital importance to protect it. Another new movie 360 is in the Canada Pavilion with new scenes and music. And another new movie, \u201cBeauty and the Beast Sing-Along\u201d narrated by Angela Lansbury who voiced Mrs. Potts in the animated classic, \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d will debut in the French Pavilion. This new movie will rotate with the popular film, \u201cImpressions de France\u201d and there will be a new exhibit in the French Pavilion\u2019s Palais du Cinema that includes objects from the Disney collections such as Belle\u2019s dress in the live-action\u00a0 film,\u201cBeauty and the Beast.\u201d Among my all-time favorites in Epcot I will embark on a mini \u201ctrip around the world\u201d in one day in the park\u2019s international pavilions and the ride in the iconic Spaceship Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In the Magic Kingdom:<\/strong> In this park, arguably the world\u2019s most beloved, where during the coronavirus pandemic its Cinderella Castle was illuminated in blue lights to honor first responders, doctors, nursers and other hospital personnel, I will spend time admiring the iconic Castle that has become an icon of fantasy world-wide. Among my all-time favorites here are the rollercoasters including the \u201cSeven Dwarfs Mine Train,\u201d whimsical and with a very smooth ride, and the 3D film with in-theater special effects, \u201cMickey\u2019s Philharmagic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom:<\/strong> I will head to Pandora \u2013 the world of Avatar, to enjoy its attractions, particularly its amazing ride \u201cFlight of Passage.\u201d\u00a0 Among my all-time favorite attractions that I will be re-visiting are the exotic adventures of the Kilimanjaro Safaris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In Disney Springs:<\/strong> Disney Parks and Cirque du Soleil launched \u201cDrawn to Life,\u201d a family-friendly show inspired in the legacy of Disney animation in March but temporarily closed it due to the pandemic. It has a cast of\u00a0 65 international artists and reopens on July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 In the Disney resorts: <\/strong>News on this front includes Disney\u2019s Riviera, inaugurated in December and inspired in the French and Italian Rivieras and with a novel transportation system: the funicular-style g\u00f3ndolas of the Skyliner that take to Epcot and Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios.\u00a0 My all-time resort favorites include Disney\u2019s Contemporary Resort, where I stayed during my first visit to Disney World in 1972 and from where one can walk to the Magic Kingdom (complimentary monorails and buses take to all the parks) and the Walt Disney World Swan &amp; Dolphin, from where guests can either walk to Epcot and Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios or take complimentary boats (complimentary buses take to the other parks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Information:<\/strong> www.disneyworld.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Por Georgina CruzFor AL DIA TODAY This spring, when the great theme parks closed their doors in Orlando, it was as if a talented magician had left the stage that is Florida, but now, with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/abracadabra-magic-returns-to-orlando\/\" title=\"Abracadabra\u2026 Magic returns to Orlando!\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,36,38,47,48,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-family","9":"category-florida-travel","10":"category-orange","11":"category-osceola","12":"category-travel"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Seven-Dwarfs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}